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OTL despite rapid RCAF expansion during the 1950s, they never had enough transport airplanes to perform all of their missions.
A recurring gripe/complaint from Canadian Special Air Service, jump battalions, Canadian Airborne Regiment, jump battalions, etc. is shortages of airplanes, difficulty scheduling, etc. The RCAF rarely seemed to be able to muster enough transports to drop the entire CAR at the same time. REFORGER Exercises we’re chronically short of airlift.
Similarly, the RCN never had enough cargo vessels to move large numbers of soldiers to missions overseas. On several missions, the RCN had to use their sole capital ship: HMCS Bonaventure as a transport, sending all the aircraft ashore to make room for the hundreds of soldiers and dozens of trucks needed on United Nations peace-keeping missions.
REFORGER exercises bordered on paper exercises since the RCAF never seemed to have enough transport airplanes to fly an entire battle geoup
to reinforce Norway. Forget about moving enough soft-skinned trucks - much less AFVs - to halt a Soviet invasion of Northern Europe.

<blockquote data-quote="riggerrob" data-source="post: 642538" data-attributes="member: 8794">OTL despite rapid RCAF expansion during the 1950s, they never had enough transport airplanes to perform all of their missions.A recurring gripe/complaint from Canadian Special Air Service, jump battalions, Canadian Airborne Regiment, jump battalions, etc. is shortages of airplanes, difficulty scheduling, etc. The RCAF rarely seemed to be able to muster enough transports to drop the entire CAR at the same time. REFORGER Exercises we’re chronically short of airlift.Similarly, the RCN never had enough cargo vessels to move large numbers of soldiers to missions overseas. On several missions, the RCN had to use their sole capital ship: HMCS Bonaventure as a transport, sending all the aircraft ashore to make room for the hundreds of soldiers and dozens of trucks needed on United Nations peace-keeping missions.REFORGER exercises bordered on paper exercises since the RCAF never seemed to have enough transport airplanes to fly an entire battle geoupto reinforce Norway. Forget about moving enough soft-skinned trucks - much less AFVs - to halt a Soviet invasion of Northern Europe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="riggerrob, post: 642538, member: 8794"] OTL despite rapid RCAF expansion during the 1950s, they never had enough transport airplanes to perform all of their missions. A recurring gripe/complaint from Canadian Special Air Service, jump battalions, Canadian Airborne Regiment, jump battalions, etc. is shortages of airplanes, difficulty scheduling, etc. The RCAF rarely seemed to be able to muster enough transports to drop the entire CAR at the same time. REFORGER Exercises we’re chronically short of airlift. Similarly, the RCN never had enough cargo vessels to move large numbers of soldiers to missions overseas. On several missions, the RCN had to use their sole capital ship: HMCS Bonaventure as a transport, sending all the aircraft ashore to make room for the hundreds of soldiers and dozens of trucks needed on United Nations peace-keeping missions. REFORGER exercises bordered on paper exercises since the RCAF never seemed to have enough transport airplanes to fly an entire battle geoup to reinforce Norway. Forget about moving enough soft-skinned trucks - much less AFVs - to halt a Soviet invasion of Northern Europe. [/QUOTE]

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